Standard #: LAFS.3.RI.3.9 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , MS , ST item(s)
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Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to compare and/or contrast important points and key details in two or more texts. Items may require the student to use key details from texts to determine how these are similar or different. Important points and key details may be explicitly or implicitly stated. Items should be used with text sets on the same topic
Text Types :
The items assessing this standard may be used with two or more grade-appropriate informational texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice item type). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Compare and/or contrast the most important points and details in two or more texts.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Text 
• Requires the student to select words and phrases from different texts that demonstrate similar or different interpretations of important points or key details.
EBSR 
• Requires the student to select words and phrases to identify important points or key details in two or more texts and to select a sentence or phrase that characterizes the similarities or differences between them. 
Multiselect 
• Requires the student to select the similarities and/or differences in the author’s depiction of important points or key details from a list of phrases or sentences. 
Table Match 
• Requires the student to complete a table that compares/contrasts important points and key details in two or more texts.